Category: California

‘Woman with a Blue Pencil’ – Characters in a mystery novel that is being rewritten find themselves in conflict in a world that keeps changing – #bookreview

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      Woman with a Blue Pencil Gordon McAlpine Seventh Street Books – paperback, Kindle   What if the characters in a mystery novel are alive in some other universe, and their world keeps changing, because their book, unknown to them, is being edited and rewritten? And what if one of those characters is … Continue reading ‘Woman with a Blue Pencil’ – Characters in a mystery novel that is being rewritten find themselves in conflict in a world that keeps changing – #bookreview

The Last Camel Charge – An intriguing look at America’s pre-Civil War desert military experiment – #bookreview

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The Last Camel Charge: The Untold Story of America’s Desert Military Experiment Forrest Bryant Johnson (Berkley Caliber, hardback – Kindle) The U.S. Army employed camels as transportation and pack animals in the American West during the mid-19th century and tried to create “a U.S. camel cavalry, a true camel corps,” the author of this fascinating … Continue reading The Last Camel Charge – An intriguing look at America’s pre-Civil War desert military experiment – #bookreview

Revolution in the Valley: How the Mac Was Made (2nd Revised Edition) – #bookreview #macintosh

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Revolution in the Valley: The Insanely Great Story of How the Mac Was Made By Andy Hertzfeld (O’Reilly Media, list price $24.99, paperback) My wife swears by her Mac. I, however, just swear at it when I am forced to use it. I have been using anything-but-Apple computers since the early 1980s, starting with a … Continue reading Revolution in the Valley: How the Mac Was Made (2nd Revised Edition) – #bookreview #macintosh

The Silver Lotus – fine historical fiction by Thomas Steinbeck – #bookreview

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The Silver Lotus By Thomas Steinbeck (Counterpoint, hardback, list price $25.00; Kindle, $9.99) Written in the style and language of a 19th-century novel, The Silver Lotus is a grand, sweeping, absorbing tale of Pacific seafaring, romance, family, and business and cultural interactions that ultimately help spur the growth and development of the Northern California coast. This … Continue reading The Silver Lotus – fine historical fiction by Thomas Steinbeck – #bookreview